Rapidly shift to higher consciousness
The Octagon in Ely Cathedral A dear friend, who wishes to remain nameless, reminded me that many who work don’t have time for long meditations of the kind I have mentioned in some previous blogs. It reminded me of that old joke: Student – “How long should I meditate for?” Teacher – “Aim for about 20 minutes a day to begin with.” Student – “But I’m far too busy to meditate that long!” Teacher – “In that case meditate for 40 minutes a day.” Sorry about that... It did get me wondering though if there are practices that can reliably evoke deeper levels of consciousness but without the long practice durations that usually takes. After all, many things can rapidly raise our level of consciousness, from a beautiful natural scene, to a piece of music or art, to visualising a loved one, and many more. Not many things can achieve that reliably and ‘to order’ though! And even people who do have the time may find it useful to evoke deeper awareness quickly for a moment of creative inspiratio...